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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
REAGAN DISGRUNTLED.

Why should Senator Reagan gnaw 8
file, so to say, because the Interstate
commerce bill does not work so smoothly
and promptly as he hoped for? THE GA
zETTE fears that Senator Reagan, for a
man of his age and experience, is not as
patient or as reasonable as he might be.
It is easy to conceive how interested the
Senator is in the practical and helpful
operations of a measure which is the re-
suit of the dozen years of his post-bellum
congressional life. 1t is his bill and his
pet, and he has right to enjoy the largest
portion Of the credit for its enactment.
But Judging from his letter published
recently in the Abilene Reporter, the
Senator is disgruntled because, in spite of
his aspirations, the bill seems to act
somewhat as an irritant, calling forth q
great deal of criticism (not all favorable)
from press and public. And why should
the Senator indulge in fling at the news
paper press of the country and accuse the
newspapers of being bought or hired by
the railroads to help make the Interstate
commerce bill ridiculous and odious with
the public? A little calm reflection ought
to convince him that no reputable journal
could afford to lend its aid to such q
policy. He ought to remember, too, that
IN the long, weary years when he was
hammering away at his pet measure,
forging it into shape, the reputable press
of the country, with hardly an exception,
helped him and made success possible for
him by educating the public mind to a
proper appreciation of the relations sub
sisting between the general government
the government to regulate the operations
of the common carriers and Interstate
commerce. On divers and sundry &C
counts the reputable papers in this cOun-
try (and a disreputsble one is
rare exception are perhaps as
much interested as Senator Reagan in an
intelligent construction and fair test
of the law; and the Senator can rest as
sured that the newspapers will see to it
that such a construction and test are had
before the law is assumed 10 be a failure.
Judge Reagan should be patient and rea-
sona0Ie, Great reforms move slowly and
his bill was a very radical reform. If
there is anything good about it (and THE
| GAZETTE believes there is) time will
demonstrate the fact. But we beseech
the Senator to moderate his Judgment,
both as to the railroads and the press.
He will have time to find out that both,
which are no better than they should be,
are yet no worse than other agencies and
institutions of the times, and that both
have an active interest in promoting any
policies or measures calculated to bene-
fit the people. In short, let US try the
| Interstate law. In was taken on trust,
and Senator Reagan ought to know that
Americans are practical and want to test
any and everything before believing all
the good that is claimed for it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
Timely Warning.
Ceicago Herald.


The smartest and best thing vet said by
the Interstate commission is that it has
full power to deal with railroad compan-
les which purposely seek to embarrass
communities or interests in order to
bring the law into disfavor, and that it
will do so with a stern hand should oc-
Cssion arise. 1t is noticed that, while no
railroad management has failed to take
instant advantage of the clauses which
clearly operate to the advantage Of the
transportation interest, there has not
been that care not to impose
unjust restrictions upon others
which q fair and honest observance of
the law would demand. While no spe-
citiC charges are anywhere made it is
doubtless true that some managements
have yielded to an impulse to make the
law Odious By. rulings which are not war
ranted by anything in the act itself. To
all such, as we'll as to the large. number
of managers who have mulishly refused
to make rates and in other ways have
caused trouble, the declaration Of the
commissioners should be q sufficient
warning
Under the inter state commerce law it
will be possible tor the railroads to con-
duct their affairs in most res poets as they
always have done. In general terms
many of the provisions seem harsh, but,
as the Herald pointed out at the time the
bill was under consideration, every one
OF these may be softened or entirely re-
moved by the Interpretation put upon
them by the commission. The authorita-
tive announcement by the board that it
will tolerate no foolishness and that it
intends that the law shall be literally in
terprcted should ease up on the strain
which is visible in some quarters and
cause all the interests involved to seek
the easiest and best solution on the ques-
tiOns that may arise.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
NEWS AND NOTES.

Missouri now has 5106 miles OF railroad
said to have cost $203 100000.
The gas wells at Fort Scott struck at a
depth of about 800 feet are said to equal the
best gas wells in the east.
Among the things cheapened by dishon-
est tricks is SKINNED" oil of peppermint, by
which is meant the oil deprived of its men
thol
Scott Barr, CAL, has the tallest post
master in the United States. He stands over
seven feet in his stockings and weighs $50
pounds.
Kansas City real estate transfers last
week amount to nearly 81, 100000 andpermits
were Issued for the erection of buildings to cost
over 100000.
who use rocking chairs the most get deaf the
soonest. r Cking also hurts the eyes and
makes people near sighted.
George W. Childs has an income of
$1,000 a day, and q friend who once saw his &C
count book says it showed that in one month Of
thirty days the philanthropist gave away $685.
coo for charity.
John A. Pearson of Indianapolis has g
sll ger dollar of the 1904 coinage for which John
T. Raymond once offered him $500. He has re-
ceive other very lattering offers for the coin,
which is now very rare.
The worlds smeited copper production
in 1856 was 10000 tons, of which the Lake Su-
peri0T region OF the I nlIeQ states IGIuleIeu
80 600 TONS Montana, % 900; Arizona and other
localities, 10000; Spain, 5000 Chilli, 81 co., and
England, 5000.
An inventor in Auburn, Me-, who says
that he has worked $50 days of ten hours each
in the last two years, and very few OF them On
SUNDAYS, attributes his endurance largely TO the
fact that he eats but one meal in twentYsfour
hours, and that very simple.
Amanda Eubanks of Rome, Ca, is the
richest colored woman in the United States.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

She paws taxes on $500 900 worth of property,
which she inherited from her father, white
man. Mrs. James Thomas of st. Louis, is an
other wealthy negress being assessed on prop
erty to the amount OF $500, 900.
Mrs. Mary Savage of Greenwood,
Mass, has daughter, granddaughter. great
granddaughter and great great-grandaughter
all residing in Norway, Me. 1t is an unbroken
line of females of five generations. Their ages
are as follows: First, eighty four; second
fifty six; third, thirty six; fourth, seventeen
fifth, eight months.
The projected convention of hotel men
in Washington during the month of May has
grown into unlocked for proportions, and 1t is
now estimated that at least 1000 people viii be
In attendance. AS the national drill Will be in
progress at the same time, the local hotel
keepers will be considerably embarrassed to
accommodate their customers and their invited
hotel Keeping guests.
Washington Territory Indians, when
they find q drove of deer in the woods, tase a
lot of well-wOrn blankets am fasten them at
short intervals on the bushes until long line
is thus decorated Then they surround the
Ceer, driving them toward the bushes, and
when the frightened animals smell the blankets
they run along the line, reluEfng to pass 1T, and
are then shot down easily.
George Miller, a German piano maker,
who came TO this county two years ago, and
has been working lately IN New York rs q
bartender, killed himself on the 22d inst. in a
very extraordinary and palnstaking manner
He slashed both his wrists wish sharp knife,
and then plunged the weapon twice into his
breast in the region of the heart. He was
slowly dying from the loss of biood, but to ex
pc lite matters he climbed a ladder running
outside tho building, and on reaching the
second story threw himself into the yard.
The fall caused fracture of the skull and
instant death.
The ballet corps of the Paris grand
opera consists of1I5 women and girls. There are
three stars, ten first subjects, twenty two sec
Ond Subjects three divisions of Coryphees, or
leaders, two quadrilles, divided into four sec
lions, the walkers" and the Infant class, or
"rats." The pupils receive 40 cents each time
they appear; the young ladies of the quadriIIes
from $40 to $40 a month; The coryphees from $50
to $50; the suDieCt", or those who dance steps
outside the ensemble figures, $50 to $500; the
stars from $1,000 to $4,000 per year. These last
named amounts are less than the salaries paid
in former days. Thus Taglioni gained $1,000 a
year; Fanny Essler, $4,000; Carlotta Grisi, $500;
La Cerrito, $4,000, and La ROsati, $l2 600. The
organization of the grand opera ballet dates
from lib. and was deCreed by Louis XIV. The
grand monarch even wrote the regulations for
the first BALLET corps with his own hand.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
BAiLLINGER.
The Premium Ye lrIing in the State IN the
shape BIZ Small City.

The Premium Ye airing In the State IN the
shape bf Small City.
Correspondence of the Gazette
BALLINGER, TT TX, April 25.-This won
derful little Gil fly is located in Runnels
county at the junction of the beautiful
Colorado river and the never-failing Elm
creek, and is at present the terminus Of
the Gulf, Colord do and Santa Fe Rail-
road.
The town is W bll laid out. The streets
are broad and the lots large, and in the
center of the tow n is square composed
of two blocks.
The county in which it is located is one
of the richest in the state, and the soil is
capable of producing any crop that may
be planted. 1t il, without doub' the best
Watered county in this section, and has
been least affected by the late drouth, as
evidenced by the fact that the drouth re-
lief committee allotted the sum of $3.50
for the relief of the sufferers, and we are
reliably informed that not all of that
amount has been used.
BallInger is a trading point for large
territory. Men rd, Paint Rock, McCul-
Tough, Tom Green and other counties
surrounding all contribute to the sup
port of this place. All these counties
market their VIC oil at Ballinger, and as a
consequence the city is ali hustle at this
season of the year preparing for the
spring clip, which has already commenced
to be brought b.
Balhnger's PEOPLE are WldeaWake and
enterprising. They are of the "hum"
pattern, and when they move something
must "drap." 1t is their intention to
make their tow b the second wool market
in the west, and to that end they are all
''humping" themselves, and if true
worth and merit is any good they surely
will succeed.
Ballinger is not yet one year old, and
claims popula lion OF 2090 souls, and
"every one of them rustIer." Ia
fact, it is be premium Yearling,
and, as the Leader aptly puts
it, "Queen of tt e Plains" There are two
papers, the Leader and the Eagle. The
Leader is an eight column, four page
paper, we'll filed with home advertise
ments, and displays considerable of the
vim calculated 10 "bOOm" town to sue
cess. The Gag e is a six column, four
page paper, not as literally patronized,
bat gets there all the same. There are
thirty-fOur business houses, Of which
eight are saloons. There are also thir-
teen land agencies, ten restaurants, six
hotels, three lumber yards, two tin shops,
one boot and hoe maker, one national
bank, eight ply sicians, seventeen lawyers.
In fact all professions are well repre-
scented.
Since the recent rains the town has
been taking unto itself a fresh impetus,
and business is looking up. Cattle anu
sheep have begun to look better already.
With a rain in May this country will be
out of all embarrassment. Now is the
time to locate In this country. Land is
now as cheap as it ever will be, in fact
lower than it VI i'll ever be again. To the
settler and farr ner Runnels county offers
home not 10 he excelIed by any other
county in the west.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

question. Such 8 course will inure,
most decidedly, to the advantage of the
anti side, for If the impression gets
abroad that the wholesale liquor interest
of the Union, known to be vastly wealthy,
is furnishing money to help fight the anti
battle in this state, the result must be
perhaps as Instantaneous as helpful to
the ants. THE GAZETTE does not as
sumo to say such aid and expenditure of
money will be illegitimate. If the whole
sale liquor dealers and the brewers want
| to contribute millions of dollars to aid
| their friends and customers in Texas,
they have q right to do so. The question
| for them is to consider whether such aid
will be polite. It is The GAzRTTE's
| opinion that if such policy is pursued
and becomes generally known to the
people of Texas the rural vote of
the state will be arrayed, almost solidlY,
in favor of the amendment. City voters,
as rule, will not stop to analyze the
propriety Of eXtraneOus assistance, no
matter to which side it comes, but the
average country voter is more scrupulous
in his ideas about such matters, and holds
that plain proposition, submitted to the
people of Texas for settlement at the
ballot box, can and ought to be adjudi-
Gated without suggestions or money from
sources outside of Texas. The same
arguments will apply with equal force to
the prohibition, as we'll as to the anti
side, and THE GAZETTE warns each camp
to beware of extraneous assistance, for
it may prove Trojan horse.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
IOWA. PROHIBITION.
A Prominent Citizen of Des Moines Ar
rested for Completely in a Murder.

A Prominent Citizen of Des Hoines Ar
rested for Completely in a Murder.
DIES MOINEs5 Iowa, April 27.-J. r.
Hurlburt, one Df the most prominent citi-
zens of Des Moines, was arrested last
evening for alleged completely ia the
murder of Constable Logan, who was
slain six weeks ago while endeavoring to
enforce the Id wa prohibition law. On
the evening of March 7, Constable Logan
halted driver for Hurlburt & Co., whole
sale druggists, who was delivering goods
TO q retail house, and demanded that he
show the team ter's permit required I'M
der the liquor law. The driver said it
was at the store, where he and Logan
went. There an alteration en-
sued between the constable
and Joseph Row, head teamster
for the firm, which resulted in Logan's
being shot and killed by Row, who was
Immediately arrested. Yesterday the
grand jury found bill against Row, and
also against IHurlbut, head Of the firm
Row aud Hurlbut were admitted to S10,-
600 bail each The charge against Hurl-
but is conspiracy, on the theory that he
instructed his drivers to arm them
seelves after "a carload of beer for the
firm had been seized by the officers.
Hurlbut is a g n of the well-kneWn C1ica .
90 capitalist and last year married the.
daughter of eX-Chief Justice Estey. The
indictment and arrest caused great eX-
element. The trial promises to be as
sensational in some of its features as the
HaddoCk case
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
More Bs.ld knobbers Indicted.

OZARK, Mo April 27.-YesterdaY after
noon the gran d jury returned eight bills
in which forty-four Bald Knobbers were
charged with assaults and unlawful meet
ings. Some Of the parties are charged
with five different Offenses and the total
VIII reach at least eighty. Only three
parties have yet been arrested. Their
bail is fixed at $3.50 for each charge. All
the indictments are for whipping, intimi-
dation and pouring out Cnadwick's
whisky. The grand jury has another lot
of indictments to be reported on adjourr-
ment, which ii is expected will take place
to-day. The prosecuting attorney says
there will be seventy-three Bald Knobbers
indicted on about 200 charges.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

argument, from partisan standpoint,
applicable to one that is not applicable to
the other. If prohibition is antt-Demo-
cratic, local option is Democratic. If
local option is Democratic, prohibition is
Democratic. If either is sumptuary, both
are sumptuary. Both are forms of regu-
lation, and 1t is matter of public policy,
not of party principle, when either is
deemed necessary. The Democratic
party, as such, has no place il this con-
test, and no wise friend of the party will
seek to drag it into this struggle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
Not a Catchins Disease.

A Philadelphia school rule requiring
scholars to bring physicians certificates
in cases of sickness at their homes
is very rigidlY enforced. A few
days ago. as lady teacher was passing
the home of one of her pupils, she saw a
DOCTORS carriage before the door. At
once the thought of the terrOrs of con-
tagious disease arose in her mind, and
when she arrived at the school house
she waited in anxious suspense until the
little girl from the house of sickness
made her appearance. The child was
summoned to the teachers desk and
asked "Have you a physicians GER
tificate?" "No, ma'am," was the timid
response. "Then you must go home and
not come here until you get a certificate
from the DOCTOR" The child disappeared,
but soon after returned, and, gleefully
approaching the teacher, exclaimed:
"Plesse, ma'em, but it's little boy
baby, and the doctor says it isn't catch
ing"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

THE St. Louis Republican ssys: "It
is notable that the newspapers viii ch
side with the railroads in their COM
plants against the interstate law are
thorough-going in their opposition to
the measure. They have already made
up their verdict and are bowling for a
repeal-not amendment-ot the law.
They are in favor of letting the railroads
90 their own gait without any regulation
whatever; and, generally speaking, they
practically indorse the very abuse the
law was designed to correct. In fact,
they generally represent the communities
or interests that have profted by those
abuses and are interested in seeing them
maintained"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
How She Spent Her Time.
Albany Journal.

The precocious small boy finds rival
in the small girl who figures IN the
primary department of the Canal oharie
academy.
Teacher to small girl who had ''skip.
ped school" Where have you been and
what have you been doing all the morn
ing?
Small Girl working the heel of her
shoe into crack in the floor Part of
the time rdtng down hill.
Teacher with an encouraging smile as
recognition of veracity] Aud what
were you doing the rest of the time?
Smell Girl naively Walking up.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

THE Chicago Inter Ocean and Senator
Hoar will please note this from the Sher-
man Democrat: "The colored people of
Texas will have a state fair at Fort Worth
next October. This movement should be
encouraged by everybody, as it's calcu-
lated to build up pride and desire in
the colored population to improve in
agriculture, stock raising and mechanical
arts
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
Rates OF Advertising Furnished on Application.

Rates OF Advertising Furnished on Application.
Reuittances by draft, postoflce money order or
q registered letter, at risk Of Office,
Correspondence is solicited upon all sle10S Suo
ieCtS.
Prompt Information Of erents and nelgs happen
sngS Of general interest solicited, and O5H be prop
teTlV compensated
4u communications intended for publication
s7aSt be accompanied by the 1CTterS name and dd-
2rcSs-4aot for pUbHcGtiOn-but as an eUtdence OF
good faith .
Parties lCiiting to THE GAZETTE on business
ersOruL TO themselves ciU please inctoSe stamp TOR
spLy.
Al letters or communications FOR The GAZETTE
-Fefker on business or for publication should be
addressed to THE GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING Co, Fort Worth, Ter., AND NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS.
Al ckecEs, money orders, postal notes, ETC.,
should be made payable to the DEMOCRAT PUB
FISHING co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
Thanks TO Texarkana.

LOAdIhaHa IHuOPOuuOLII'
We are indeed glad to add the daily
Fort Worth GAZETTE to our exchange
list. It Is one of the largest and most
newsy newspapers il Texas, and is an
honor to journalism. Its editorials are
pointed and able and the paper Yields an
immense influence.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
Dallas and Fort Worth.
Pilot Point sew Era.

Dallas and Fort Worth stands as
Green Bay Trees to fire tried Texas.
Their generous donations to meet want
arising on the farm and ranch of her
parched domain Is worthy of the high re-
gard in which they are held by the toiling
masses they have so nobly and freely
protected.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

ONE Dallas paper says the finest ploVer
grounds N the state are to be found in
front Of the Ellis and Pickwick hotels in
Fort Worth; and the railroad columns OF
another Dallas paper are kept busy tell
ing of the progress of the work On Fort
Worth railroads. You psy your money
and you take your choice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

IF Alderman Hill or Reilly had an in
dividual contract to let, and bidder Of
fered to put up $1,000 as a guarantee that
he could do the work al a price that
saved $1,000, would either of these gen
tlemen insist on refusing the guarantee
and awarding the contract at an addi-
tinnal cost of $1,000?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

FORT WORTH saved about $4,000 in
awarding the contract for laying add
tional water mains to Mr.. Storrie. AL
dermen Hill and Reilly did not want to
save this $4,000 on the ground that it
could not be saved. Now, let Mr.. Stor-
rie's work show whether or not it can be
saved
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

FORT WORTH is now connected directly
by rail with Kansas City, and the Frisco
has engineers in the field to give this city
another connection with St. Louis.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

To PRESIDENT CLEVELAND: If you are
not averse to serving as President for a
second term, Just give it out that you did
not say you would not serve. All the in
dications are that you can secure the
nomination without opposition (Save from
that caldron of disaffectiOn, New York
city), if you are willing to serve.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

THE old war bomb continues to get in
It's work. The old war hOOmtakes rank
with the unloaded pistol as an instru-
ment of danger and death.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28

If THE Democratic party can be rallied
to favor or oppose prohibition, then the
Democratic party can be rallied to favor or
to oppose local option. There isn't an
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

Al persons seeking employment toho cannot df-
rord to pay mag advertise this column for stu
ti0Tls free Of charge.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-28
Level Headed.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE gives lists of
the papers for and against prohibition,
but is too modest to put down THE
GAZETTE, though THE GAZETTE carries q
level head on most questions pertaining
to the public good.